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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Balia is a village in Arambag mandal, Hooghly district, West Bengal, with a population of 2,021 and 442 households. The village has 13 shops, 6 bus stops, 5 temples, 4 hospitals, and 4 pharmacies, indicating reasonable commercial and healthcare infrastructure.
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- LGD code
- 324279
- Pincode
- 712615
- Post office
- Batanal
- Population
- 2,021
- Households
- 442
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Sex ratio
- 934 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 632
- Distance to district centre
- 56 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 67 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 13 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1179 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shahid Khudiram · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Remedy Hospital (Unit Of Remedy Medical Services Pvt Ltd) · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Balia compares
By population, Balia ranks #51 of 159 villages in Arambag mandal.
Literacy rate
%
57.2%
−13.1% vs mandal average
- Balia
- 57.2%
- Arambag mandal
- 70.3%
- Hooghly district
- 73.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
934
−19 vs mandal average
- Balia
- 934
- Arambag mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Balia
- 4.6
- Arambag mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Balia at a glance
Balia is a village of 2,021 people in 442 households (Census 2011) in Arambag block, Hooghly district, West Bengal, the 51st-largest of 159 villages in Arambag block. Literacy is 57%, 13 points below the block average of 70% and the sex ratio is 934 women per 1,000 men. It lies 56 km from the Hooghly district centre, 0 km from Balia, the nearest town, under 1 km from Shahid Khudiram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 712615, served by Batanal post office; the LGD village code is 324279. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The village votes in Pursurah assembly constituency, represented by MLA Biman Ghosh. The population is estimated at 2,383 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Balia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 21
- Power hours (winter)
- 21
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 2
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 2
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 2
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 202.66
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90.03
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Balia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Balia
- LGD code
- 324279
- Pincode
- 712615
- Post office
- Batanal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,021
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,383
- Households
- 442
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 934
- Literacy rate
- 57.2%
- Coordinates
- 22.45917°N, 88.39130°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arambag
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pursurah
- Member of Parliament
- Mitali Bag
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Biman Ghosh
- Block / Mandal
- Arambag
- Nearest post office
- Laskarpur Sub Post Office (0.9 km)
- Nearest bank
- ICICI bank ATM (1.4 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kavi Subhash (1.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Balia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata13 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1179 km
- Delhi1313 km
- Chennai1351 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShahid Khudiram<1 km
- Bus stopKamalgazi More1 km
- Hospital / PHCRemedy Hospital (Unit Of Remedy Medical Services Pvt Ltd)<1 km
- ATM / bankICICI bank ATM1 km
- Petrol pumpHP fuel<1 km
- CollegeDinbandhu Andrews College2 km
- Police stationSonarpur Police Station4 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Kamalgazi More1.4 km
- Railway station
- Kavi Subhash1.5 km
- Health centre
- Susrut Eye Foundation And Research Hospital1.0 km
- Bank / ATM
- ICICI bank ATM1.4 km
- Petrol pump
- HP fuelunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Balia
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Balia
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Garia Barada Prasad Uchcha Vidyalaya (Estd.-1919)School1.2 km ↗
- 🎓SB girls High SchoolHigh school1.5 km ↗
- 🏫BD Memorial Primary SchoolSchool1.7 km ↗
- 🎓Dinbandhu Andrews CollegeCollege1.7 km ↗
- 🎓Kendua Mahendragarh High SchoolHigh school2.2 km ↗
- 🧒Pluto Play SchoolAnganwadi2.5 km ↗
- 🎓Sammilani MahavidyalayaCollege2.6 km ↗
- 🏫Biswabani SchoolSchool2.7 km ↗
- 🎓Future Institute Of Engineering and ManagementCollege3.0 km ↗
- 🏫Sarada VidyapithSchool3.4 km ↗
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- Pratapnagar
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- Balundi
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)